HTC happy with HTC One (M8) sales despite slow start

posted by Alan F. / Apr 04, 2014, 6:23 PM

Despite the huge hype that the HTC One (M8) received prior to its launch, some data indicates that sales of the phone are off to a slow start. That is based on a study of mobile web traffic published by mobile ad network Chitika. Last year, one week after the launch of the HTC One, that model made up 1% of HTC's mobile web traffic in North America. This year, one week after the launch of the HTC One (M8), that phone represents just .1% of HTC's U.S. based web traffic. Keep in mind that this is only one week's worth of data, and doesn't include sales from T-Mobile, which will launch the phone on April 11th.

It is way too early for HTC to start to push the panic button. Jason Mackenzie, president of HTC Americas, sent out a tweet last night indicating that the Taiwan based manufacturer is "very satisfied" with the HTC One (M8)'s initial sales. Surely things will pick up for the HTC One (M8). It would be somewhat mystifying to see all that pre-release interest for a phone that nobody wanted.

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"It would be somewhat mystifying to see all that pre-release interest for a phone that nobody wanted."
I can't speak for other people, but my pre-release interest vanished after it was unveiled. Initially I was very interested in seeing what HTC would come out with, as I am a fan of the M7. But after the unveiling, all of that went up in a puff of smoke.

posted on Apr 05, 2014, 3:47 AM 3

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posted on Apr 05, 2014, 7:27 AM 0

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May I ask what drug are you on? 4Mpixels phone camera, no matter how good the quality is claimed by HTC or anyone with reasonable engineering understanding and IQ, can never exceed those from Galaxy S5, iPhone 5S, Lumia 1020. Being a top-end smartphone, any taker of this new HTC piece of s..t is simply in-sane. Besides, while other OEMs are able uni-body with thickness below 8mm, this so-called uni-body design is a BRICK. I suspect that the CEO and the CEO and the chairwoman have been on some kind of brain-distorted drugs for a long time.

posted on Apr 05, 2014, 2:54 PM 0

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posted on Apr 05, 2014, 4:47 PM 0

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No, I am not a spec junk. I expressed my opinion as a professional photo journalist. Trust me, you the ultra-pixel camera of HTC is a piece of junk. The so-called 40M or 20Mpixel camera of Nokia give far better pictures.
In fact, from the spec point of view, why would you want to pay for a piece of junk camera (i.e. ultra-pixel) at the same price (assuming non-contract price at orange-to-orange level)? If you have too much money to throw around, why don't you sponsor your children or your parents or your love one for a trip?

posted on Apr 06, 2014, 6:15 AM 0

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You are sadly mistaken. My HTC One M7's camera was way better than my Note 3's Camera. The delay is horrible, and the pictures are not that great on the note 3. Plus my M7's camera was way better at taking night time pics.

posted on Apr 05, 2014, 4:58 PM 0

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"It would be somewhat mystifying to see all that pre-release interest for a phone that nobody wanted."
Even on the release , and even now is "hype" at the tech media and comments.
Nothing "mystyfying" here. Most of the noise was/is made by iboys to fight against Samsung, and promote the ALUMINUM.
But only noise, cause they buy only apple logo.

posted on Apr 04, 2014, 6:31 PM 11

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Don't let the physical and capacitive buttons on the S5 fool you. The Z2 and S5 are actually almost the same size:
Z2: 146.8 x 73.3 x 8.2
S5: 142 x 72.5 x 8.1
And the Z2 has a rounded aluminium frame, which adds slightly to it's height and width, compared to the plastic build of the S5.
It is the S5 that has gotten colossal, going from the S4. All 3 phones are roughly the same size now.

posted on Apr 04, 2014, 9:29 PM 6

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touchwiz has the most feautres that no other OEMs skins have that they wished they had these specs..
common sense the more load you add on the heavier it gets for the engine to push aka cpu to react, thats why they used 801 cpu next they will use the 805.

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posted on Apr 05, 2014, 1:02 AM 0

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Um... The S5 is almost 5mm shorter than the Z2. That's a pretty darn big difference. Heck, the difference in height between the S5 and the Z2 and the S5 and the S4 is almost exactly the same.
Don't get me wrong, I consider the S5 oversized as well, but the Z2 is in an oversized category all of its own.

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posted on Apr 04, 2014, 8:39 PM 1

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No not really. If the Z2 added a fingerprint sensor, capacitive buttons, and a heart rate monitor, and a USB 3 port, and cat 4 let, then it would be like
160mm x 76mm x 9.8mm.
Samsung screwed up with the GS5 sizing but they will never be as bad as Sony and HTC. Not while they still manufacture everything in sight.

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